Waterfalls

Throughout Iceland, there are many glaciers; the 3 largest are Vatnajökull, Langjökull, and Hofsjökull, but there are hundreds of other smaller glaciers all over the country, covering about 10% of the land (around 10,400 square kilometers). As a result, there are also waterfalls all over the place! Here are a few that we visited during our trip:

Öxarárfoss

Öxarárfoss, with plunge pool and start of runoff

The first waterfall we visited in Iceland was Öxarárfoss, inheriting it’s name from the Öxará river from which it flows.

The rest of the runoff stream

This waterfall is located in the Þingvellir National Park, which was the site of the Alþing, the annual parliament of Iceland from the year 930 until the last session held at Þingvellir in 1798. Since 1881, the parliament has been located within Alþingishúsið in Reykjavík.

Us in front of Öxarárfoss

Gullfoss

Barnafoss

Hraunfossar

Fossfjörður

Misc Dynjandi 1

Misc Dynjandi 2

Misc Dynjandi 3

Hundafoss

Misc Dynjandi 4

Dynjandi

Bunárfoss